0 to Z of Playstation 1 Games - 2002 Fifa World Cup

  

                           

2002 FIFA World Cup also sometimes referred to as FIFA World Cup 2002 and is the second official EA Sports World Cup tie in game, developed by EA Canada, Creations and veteran developers Intelligent Games assisting with the 6^th generation versions of the games which would be the developers penultimate game before closing their doors, Tose Software also assisted with the development of the GameCube version of the game.

The game was a cross generation title appearing on the Playstation 2 the  XBOX and the GameCube as well as the 5^th generation Playstation 1, the game uses an amalgamation of FIFA Football 2002 and Fifa Football 2003’s engine, unlike previous games in the FIFA Football series this game had it’s own original soundtrack which was composed by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

The game suffered some controversy when Bayern Munich and Germany international goalkeeper Oliver Kahn who successfully sued Electronic Arts for their inclusion of him in the game without his prior consent, even though EA reached an agreement with FIFPro, the body that represents all FIFA players, as a result EA were banned from selling copies of the game in Germany and forced to financially compensate Kahn.

An amalgamation between the game engines of FIFA Football 2002 and FIFA Football 2003, the game still incorporates the power bar for shots and crosses but with a steeper learning curve and customisation of the chances of being penalised by the match referee. Some kits are licensed, along with player likeness and the stadia of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Sports game no story present.

On GameRankings.com the Playstation 1 version of the game is aggregating the lowest of all the versions available it did however receive some good reviews Official Playstation Magazine gave the game a 4/5 but were critical of attacking players lack of motivation, while PSX Nation awarded the game a solid 82/100 they were positive and critical at the same time stating A stripped-down rehash of the excellent "FIFA 2002.

There were however some big dips in the review scores for this World Cup tie in GameSpot only awarding the game and above average 68/100 while they did praise the overall gameplay they did say the game just lacks too many secondary features--both in comparison with "FIFA 2002" and even with other versions of 2002 FIFA World Cup--to make it worthwhile for anyone but the biggest World Cup fan, Irish Player were also critical of the game giving it just a 4.5/10.

This is the part of 0 to Z where is visit four online retailers and see what the availability of the title is, and what price you would be looking at if you wanted to pick this title up the sites that I will be using for this are Amazon.com,  eStarland.com, retrogames.co.uk and Gamedude.com I know the last one is very location specific but from a podcast I listen too I have heard they have a huge stock of older games, I will also be including Ebay.com from now on.

So lets get down to business we may as well start with Gamedude, who will give you $8 if you want to trade in your copy of 2002 Fifa World Cup, while if you are in the market for a copy of the game you will be looking at a $17 outlay for a used copy of the game, that equates to about £13 in the UK (if you have a North American Console).

Retrogames.co.uk has copies of the Playstation 2 and GameCube versions of the game however the Playstation 1 version of the game is not stocked for the alternative console versions you are looking at between £3 to £4 for a used copy, a mint version of the GameCube version will set you back £12 which is about $15.

eStarland.com have a used complete copy of the game available for $9.50 which is just over £7, you can also trade in your copy of the game which will get you $3.50 which is about £2.60.

Amazon.com as of the time of writing this has no new copies of the game available it does have 8 used copies available for sale starting at  $5.64 for an acceptable condition copy of the game, one that does jump out a used copy in very good condition for $7.96 + $4.84 for shipping, for a like new copy of the game you will be looking at a minimum of $16.89 + shipping which is about £13.

Over on Ebay.com just the disc will set you back from between $4.99 up to  $9.99  a couple of used cased copies are priced up at $9.99 which is about £7.60, there are also a couple of brand new copies of the game both factory sealed which will set you back $44.32 and $50.00 respectively which converts to roughly £34 and £38 in the UK, (I have been using the .com version of Amazon and Ebay so these games are for North American versions of the Playstation 1 if you are wanting to buy these games in the UK, go to the .co.uk versions of these sites)

Written by

P J Gibbon